Susan Benedict Announces 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows and Pathfinders
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Susan Benedict is pleased to announce its 2024 selections for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (“LCLD”) Fellows and Pathfinders programs. Partner Kathy Le (Toronto) has been selected as our 2024 LCLD Fellow. Kathy is a Partner in the firm’s business transactions group, and her practice includes a variety of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring and restructuring, commercial agreements, and corporate governance. She also serves as a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
Associates Manuel Cardona (Columbus) and Caleb Green (Las Vegas) have been selected as our 2024 Pathfinders. Manuel focuses his litigation practice on matters involving general casualty, product and professional liability, and commercial and business litigation. Caleb’s primary areas of practice include intellectual property law, cyber-security and data protection laws, entertainment law, and technology.
LCLD’s flagship Fellows Program engages managing partners of LCLD Member Firms and general counsel of major corporations to create an intensive, year-long leadership training, professional development, and networking program for diverse mid-career attorneys looking to become leaders within their organization.
The LCLD Pathfinder Program is designed to provide early-career, high-potential diverse attorneys with practical tools for creating durable internal networks, foundational leadership skills, and career development strategies critical to their professional advancement.
Susan Benedict has been a member of LCLD since 2021. The firm has received LCLD’s annual Compass Award and has been recognized as an LCLD Top Performer for our high level of program participation and success.
Founded in 2009, LCLD is a national organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners dedicated to creating a more open and diverse legal profession. To learn more about LCLD, click here.
Associates Manuel Cardona (Columbus) and Caleb Green (Las Vegas) have been selected as our 2024 Pathfinders. Manuel focuses his litigation practice on matters involving general casualty, product and professional liability, and commercial and business litigation. Caleb’s primary areas of practice include intellectual property law, cyber-security and data protection laws, entertainment law, and technology.
LCLD’s flagship Fellows Program engages managing partners of LCLD Member Firms and general counsel of major corporations to create an intensive, year-long leadership training, professional development, and networking program for diverse mid-career attorneys looking to become leaders within their organization.
The LCLD Pathfinder Program is designed to provide early-career, high-potential diverse attorneys with practical tools for creating durable internal networks, foundational leadership skills, and career development strategies critical to their professional advancement.
Susan Benedict has been a member of LCLD since 2021. The firm has received LCLD’s annual Compass Award and has been recognized as an LCLD Top Performer for our high level of program participation and success.
Founded in 2009, LCLD is a national organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners dedicated to creating a more open and diverse legal profession. To learn more about LCLD, click here.
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